Here is a list of 50 things from 2022. They are lessons I’ve learned, things that have inspired me, and things I love. Create before

I spent the year 2022 reflecting on my 30-year career in policing. At first, I felt lost — I suddenly wasn’t a member of a

I have many leadership crushes on people I don’t know (Simon Sinek, Adam Grant, Daniel Pink, and Brene Brown, to name a few), and I

Countless studies have been conducted on individuals at the end of their lives. Whether they have reached their golden years or are battling a terminal

I’ve been traveling weekly, so it’s a gift to spend a week at home catching up on administrative tasks and building upcoming keynote presentations filling

Back in 2013, I received a direct message on Twitter from a person I’d never met. She said she was a police officer in England

My nearly six years as chief of police in Aurora has caused my brain to rewire itself. I am now conditioned to immediately consider the

We often hear the phrase, “Find your Why.” It comes from Simon Sinek’s book, “Start with Why” and means aligning to purpose. When we engage

Since we were kids, people have always told us what to do. As soon as we developed the cognitive ability to follow directions, the orders

I just learned that you being alive is an absolute fluke. The probability of your being born was about one in 400 Trillion. For this

I’ve been blessed to teach a one-day Blue Courage class with Capt. Michael Nila (Ret.) at Florida International University for FIU PD and surrounding Miami-Dade

The backdrop is a classroom in a major city police department where officers are attending our 2-day Blue Courage training. The curriculum is different than